Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!clyde.concordia.ca!uunet!snorkelwacker!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!lavaca.uh.edu!uhnix1!starsoft!david From: david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: Re: Settling up Dnews Message-ID: Date: 16 Aug 90 13:24:43 GMT References: <756@beguine.UUCP> Lines: 57 >In article rea@AntHill.UUCP (Robert E. Anderson) writes: >>In article <756@beguine.UUCP> Eric.Edwards@samba.acs.unc.edu (BBS Account) writes: >>Settling up Dnews >> >>I'm still haveing trouble setting up Dnews. I've tried >> >>1) hierarchical format >> comp.sys.amiga -> comp/sys/amiga with amiga being >> a directory containing news files. >>2) non hierarchial format >> comp.sys.amiga directory >>3) straight file >> comp.sys.amiga file >> >>Every time, Dnews churns the disk and then prints "couldn't find any news!" >> >>I went through the complete slow setup for a two floppy system. >>Can someone maybe send me a directory of their news directory >> as in dir UUNEWS:* all >> >> <<>> >> >> Eric Edwards >> Eric.Edwards@samba.acs.unc.edu >> "Hanging out at Samba, desperately seeking a 3090" > >The answer to this problem is simple, if you have everything else set up >properly you should: > >edit your "uulib:NewsGroups" file and remove the blasted :'s >then delete your name.dnewsrc & name.dnewskl files. >Now you too should have newsgroups other than "junk". > >Does Matt Dillon know about this bug, I though I must have missed the >post during one of my catchup on all newsgroup fits. Guesse that's >why he left "c" out of dnews ;) > >You may have a problem different than this since I had all my news, >it was just in a "junk" directory. (I think this is the rejects directory >refered to in the docs.) > Another problem could be your assigns. 1.06 is VERY pickey about them. If I assign something to USERNANE, then dnews produces exactly the same symptoms (can't find news). My guess is that if dnews finds any assigns that would normally be found in s:UUConfig, then it ignores s:UUconfig completely! -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- These words be mine. The company doesn't care, because I am the company! :-) Dave Lowrey | david@starsoft or {uhnix1,moray}!starsoft!david Starbound Software Group | Houston, TX | "Dare to be stupid!" -- Weird Al Yankovich